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In a Variety video, where Mads Mikkelsen tried to remember which movie quotes given to him were from, he had a chance to look back on his role in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He then remembered some of the toughest shooting days and admitted that the filmmakers didn’t have a completed script while shooting the movie. However, he said this was all for the better.
The quote he was given was “it must be destroyed,” which is when his character, Galen Erso, said that the Death Star he helped create needed to be destroyed. He also said that his character had built the weakness into the plans so it could be destroyed if needed be. The entire scene was shot with water pouring over him, and Mikkelsen said that made it tough to shoot. That is when he admitted the script kept changing, and things he was saying had to fit what the filmmakers decided later. However, he said this wasn’t a bad thing.
“There was a lot of changes in the story,” Mikkelsen said. “For a Star Wars film, it was surprisingly unfinished in the script. It kept changing, and one would think that was already done. I don’t think they ever locked a draft. I think they kept working on it, and improvised, and went back and reshot stuff, and then came up with a better idea. [It] is kind of livable for a character like mine. I had my mission. I knew what it was. But, it was obviously tricky for the two young heroes not knowing exactly what they were carrying into a room of baggage. But I think it turned out to be a really nice film.”
